New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-22
BAD BOYS IN A SCHOOL ROOM.
CALLING THEIR TEACHER .waIsKERs.S
PECULIAR TESTIMONY OF WICKED URcHrNs BEFORE
A BOARD OF TRUsTFra

PECULIAR TESTIMONY OF WICKED URCHrHs BEFORE
A BOARD OF TRUsTEEs
Any passing Grammar School 76, &C Lexington
ave. and sxy-egbths In the small hours Of yesterday
morning would have thought that evening classes must
be staying pretty late hum Of conversation out
into the silent street, and occasionay.a Buffalo BIZ
war-whoop In boyish voice was heard.
In the corridors were groups OF urchins, with
their mothers, but most Of them gorying in independ
ence and the novelty Of being out after midnight with
their parents leave. few ladies waited around In
tired kind Of way looking at the parlor door, they
wanted to get in. But they couldn't for behind that
door certain circumstances were being detailed and
tain words and phrases retailed that not At for
ladies' Sometimes impatient youth cautiously
opened the door little and peered In and listened Then
the ladies' sometimes tried TO look and sten too; but
not much could be or heard before the door was
shut with snap.
Within the Board Of School Trustees of the Nineteenth
Ward holding a solemn concave to inquire into
charges brought by one Of their teachers against
other Principal George Hardy, of School No. So said
that Hugh j. Duffy, his fourth assistant, incom-
peten had returned false reports daily attendance
at his class, guilty Of mismanagemeLt detrimental
to the morals Of the school, and had violated
Of the Board of Education forbidng corporal punish
ment He brought large number Of witnesses to sup
port these charges.
The examination began aoout 7:30 O'Clock Friday
night, and lasted upward Of six hours ExJudge Kelly
presided and there also present Dr. Charles Il.
Simmons, L. Hornthal Joseph Fetteretch j. Fitzpatrick
and Inspector Jacob Feischhauer They sat about In
easy attitudes and fired questions the witnesses with
the air of alluinares who knew all about that kind
of thing. Hugh ]. Duffy, disappontedlooking man,
who must have felt something like Ishmae had desk
all TO himself His principal sat near by and OCCASION
ally cast plying gances at him through his eyeglasses
II was when number OF small boys were called in to
speak as to the ncompetency and corporapunishment
oasaffn al IN
speak the truth only but to speak 1t right out and not to
be restrained awed the OF their teachers
and they were not The way in whch.the young ipno
| cents unblushngly avowed their badness " was
astonishing. The investigation was not particularly
formal affair." and the tedium of the long session was
ieyed by ripples and even shouts OF laughter, per
spring senographer, fairly overwhelmed by the vol
utility Of the young WITNESSES called out hod on'
A smart youth named McCann gave some striking ex-
tracts from his Bad Boys DisEy Beans Is, and oath:
nbottles smashed and yes were practised out OF
the dime and five cent mum stGres 81 r p deyy %ss
Duffy laughter and as WhisEers Great an go r.
When asked If he struck young Mccain said;
Yes Mr.. Duffy struck me in the stomach once, and
| sWhat were you dongl"
had wbstle in my pocket and there was dirt IN H.
S %GstIe w%s t Of tsel Roars Of iaughter
| somewhat different story from bis comrades. lie had
hoard Duffy called Names and the boys sometimes talked
too loud but Of the time there good order MT
duffy he added had made call on him at his house last
Jackson Freedenberg had heard Duffy called names.
The DO out Of the room without permission
at the rate three day. Duffy chased them and some
| times caught them. . .,.,,,..mo.
| asked. mo-" he replied naiyely, behaved myseu-
| lLauhterl so ,,a noo,
knocked down by Mr. Duffy, He told MS nother Wnen
he cot home and she said, sympatheticaliy: III was
| go al for Won If YOU were /" Laughter.l
JoseDb r. Simmons the head monitor, said that ne was
almost afraid 10 go into Mr. Dus room: The boys wer9
Generally "scrapping" and making things hVely, ana
used 10 salute him with cries Of Look at the dude
When the naughty boys had all told their more or less
naughty stories ladies admitted seNera OF INC
teachers "a Ve testimony about Mr. Duiys diihcuues
Mr. Duffy asked Singing Master Ellis regarding II
mark that he had made about throwing boy out OF INC
| window 49, A. =. n .s. ,,,o,,Id On
| ont Of the window" said Mr.. Lllie.
Miss Eliza Williams said that Mr. Dufy conplaneu "
her that his boys had no liner feelings; On yes tney
have she replied but they are located IN their sAns
| Laughter. IT.. .,ouo ho5 haan nm
usua disorder ia the yard during the last rev "eeAs'
| The offenders generally belonged to Mr. Duny CLASS
Miss Duggan and Mr.. Hardy testified as 10 discIep.
ANGLES between Mr. Dufys attendance returns ana wa
| thew had actually observed and noted - .,
This closed the for the principal me my
tion will be resumed tomorrow evening" III Is uhuersoou
| that Mr. Duffy is going to prefer counter charges